Archive - Laurel’s Substack

STORY-MAKING AND STORYTELLING:

David Goldblatt’s Photographs

Mar 1 •

Laurel S. Peterson

February 2025

WELL, AUSTRALIA’S OUT

Remember a couple months ago when I mentioned that leaving the country seemed like the sane answer to the election?

Feb 1 •

Laurel S. Peterson

January 2025

THE SQUIRREL IS A WRIGGLING POEM

Attila the Hun of the deck, his very own Gaul,

Jan 1 •

Laurel S. Peterson

December 2024

I DON’T WANT TO WRITE THIS COLUMN

When I was growing up in the 1970s, my very conservative, very fundamentalist Christian parents were preparing for civil unrest and the end of the…

Dec 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

November 2024

Click, Click, Click:

What is our relationship to images?

Nov 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

September 2024

August 2024

WOODY WOODPECKER STRIKES AGAIN

I just walked outside to try to scare off the woodpecker.

Aug 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

July 2024

HOW DO WE MEASURE A LIFE?

Last month, I had a week alone while my husband visited family in Montana, a gift of time that allowed some of the fracturing and tension to drain away.

Jul 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

June 2024

AN IMPERFECT POST ABOUT INTERRUPTIONS AND REPAIRING THE SOUL

I’ve started and stopped this post probably eight times this month.

Jun 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

May 2024

April is the cruelest month in academia, when we are all scrambling to get all the projects done, students heard, papers and exams graded.

May 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

April 2024

ROTHKO, AGAIN, SORT OF, ALONG WITH A BAD PUN

The man that taught the online photography classes I took during COVID was a lifesaver.

Apr 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

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